How soon before x264 and x265 end up getting pulled and h.264 and h.265 support gets locked to Windows like is happening with HDMI 2.1 being blocked on Linux?
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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Hosting and development would just move to a country that doesn't allow software patents.
Does such a country exist?
Get everyone in AV1. so much better quality. Pain in the ass to encode though (CPU mode in handbrake I mean)
That doesn't help with all the content that's been encoded in H.264 over the last two decades though.
The best time to plant a tree is ten years ago. The second best time is today.
Assuming you have hardware that supports it
Software decoding is an option. My Thinkpad T480 can play 1080p AV1 if the bitrate isn't super high. That's a mid range business laptop from 2018. It's the encoding that really needs hardware acceleration.
What's your CPU usage? Sure it can handle it but I also would like to use my device without recharging.
Around 25% for a 1080p 30fps youtube video played in MPV. Power consumption is about 10-12 watts. A video with hardware acceleration uses about 8 watts.
Am I missing something? The title mentions h264(AVC) but the article talks about HEVC which is h265
Well that’s one way to move people to AV1